Reclaimed land : erosion control, soils and ecology / editor, Martin J. Haigh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haigh, Martin J., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reclamation of land.

Soil conservation.

Soil ecology.

Physical Description:

xiv unnumbered pages, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam ; Brookfield : A.A. Balkema, [2000]

Summary:

Begins the Land Reconstruction and Management series of monographs and thematic collections of review and research papers; it is supported by the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (Europe) but will address a wider spectrum of land management issues. The collection of 14 studies here was conceived as a handbook and manifesto from a community of Greens working for land reclamation, who focus on current thinking about conserving land that has been reclaimed after surface coal mining. They argue that reclaiming is not a one-shot action, but a process that must continue until the land attains self-sustaining self-control. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

1. The Aims of Land Reclamation / Martin J. Haigh 1

2. Towards Minimising the Long-term Liability of Reclaimed Mine Sites / Les Sawatsky, Gord McKenna, Marie-Jose Keys, Dejiang Long 21

3. A Strategy for Determining Acceptable Sediment Yield for Reclaimed Mine Lands / Michael J. Bender, Les Sawatsky, Dejiang Long, P.G. Anderson 37

4. Rainfall Erosion on Opencast Coal-mine Lands: Ecological Perspective / Jose-Manuel Nicolau, Enrique Asensio 51

5. Erosion Control: Principles and Some Technical Options / Martin J. Haigh 75

6. Design of Technical Erosion Control Measures for the Reconstruction of Degraded Steep Lands / Stanimir Kostadinov, Gradimir Stanojevic 111

7. Hydrological Management of Reclaimed Opencast Coal-Mine Sites / Marianne P. Kilmartin 137

8. Case Study: Role of Grass Colonisation in Restricting Overland Flow and Erosion of Clayey Surface Coal-mine Spoils: Laboratory Results / Martin J. Haigh, Ben Sansom 159

9. Soil Stewardship On Reclaimed Coal Lands / Martin J. Haigh 165

10. Case Study: Vegetation, Erosion and Soil Development on Lignite Spoil Banks: Maritsa-Iztok, Bulgaria / Elena Zheleva, Martin J. Haigh 275

11. Case Study: Forestation Controls Erosion on Coal-briquette Spoil Banks, Pernik, Bulgaria / Martin J. Haigh, Sv. Gentcheva-Kostadinova 281

12. Forest Recultivation of Coal-Mined Land: Problems and Prospects / Alison Flege 291

13. Case Study: Geoecological Reconstruction of Coal-mine-Disturbed Lands in India's Jharia Coalfield / Rekha Ghosh 339

14. Case Study: Ecological and Economic Efficiency of Forest Reclamation of Coal-spoil Banks in the Kolubara Basin, Serbia / Miodrag Zlatic, Renand Rankovic, Milvoj Vuckovic 369.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9054107936

OCLC:

44454536